The Life of Mr. James Quin, Comedian: With the History of the Stage from His Commencing Actor to His Retreat to Bath ... |
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... town ; but those who have hackneyed some of them , and murdered others , have scarce ever entered into the most cursory part of his life and character ; and yet , according to Mr. Addison , the best story in the world loses its greatest ...
... town ; but those who have hackneyed some of them , and murdered others , have scarce ever entered into the most cursory part of his life and character ; and yet , according to Mr. Addison , the best story in the world loses its greatest ...
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... town an agreeable and constant variety ; they had hitherto got up but very few stock plays , and these , by their frequent exhibition , at length satiated their audiences . Killegrew , however , who was the most skilful manager of the ...
... town an agreeable and constant variety ; they had hitherto got up but very few stock plays , and these , by their frequent exhibition , at length satiated their audiences . Killegrew , however , who was the most skilful manager of the ...
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... town , grounded upon the example of preceding writers . These immoralities of the stage had by avowed indulgence been creeping into it ever since the time of King Charles ; nothing that was loose could be then too low for it : the ...
... town , grounded upon the example of preceding writers . These immoralities of the stage had by avowed indulgence been creeping into it ever since the time of King Charles ; nothing that was loose could be then too low for it : the ...
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... town , with all the powers of a Betterton or a Booth , in a capital character , would have been looked upon by his competitors for fame as little better than an usurper of talents and applause . Besides , the manager considered acting ...
... town , with all the powers of a Betterton or a Booth , in a capital character , would have been looked upon by his competitors for fame as little better than an usurper of talents and applause . Besides , the manager considered acting ...
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... town into the approbation of a new piece or a new actor , or whether a single bayonet being used , or a single musket being fired , would not have been more fatal to the managers , than the tearing up of all the benches in pit and gal ...
... town into the approbation of a new piece or a new actor , or whether a single bayonet being used , or a single musket being fired , would not have been more fatal to the managers , than the tearing up of all the benches in pit and gal ...
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